What can be done about the interior?

[Gman]

Did you get the seats re-trimmed?

[rx7-mark]

That looks very nice, i dont know if i dare try it, i\'m spraying a spoiler up at the mo, and its hard work.

[johnf]

I had a the full leather two tone done including the steering wheel at 1k. I thought that was pretty good.

The steering wheel alone was £200 due to all the hand stitching.

John

[Initial-D]

I had some squeaks and got rid of them by using the sticky backed foam that you use for insulation, it comes in strips which you can apply where the plastics overlay one-another. I\'m still looking into a carbon interior but it\'s the price that keeps putting me off!! The Scoot interior is nice, maybe I\'ll keep the carbon bits I\'ve done and finish the rest in alcantara - anybody know a reasonable place for re-trims, near Essex if possible?

[rx7veilside]

carisma are in essex not sure about price but quality i have heard is superb

[Efso]

special anti squeak wax for cheap : petroleum jelly! Pull the squeaking surfaces,aplly pj where needed,reinstall,and you are good to go(just dont leave the car to the sun :-).

[RobbieRX-7]

i plan on sound proofing mine when i get my electrical career going. Its not too expensive and apparently makes loads of difference by cutting out road noise and keeping the audio where you want it and not loosing it through the metal. The material im going to use is called fatmat. A bloke is selling it on ebay, but you can get it quite a bit cheaper from the states which is what im gonna do.

[Riccardo]

Vaseline is a very bad idea as all dirt will stick to it
I have used in the past Wet Silicon Sprey with very good results...you don\'t even hav e to separate parts...also it is not sticky and antistatic so it dust does not stick to it
However, be careful, it is a very good conductor henve avoid electricals...

BUT BUT BUT

All this is only temporary...I stripped my car down for a number of reasons (put insulation for heat generated from tranny, fixed dashborad & painted black etc.)

...I put it back toguether much better...squeaks and rattles gone !!!


The reason why the plastics are so rackety is because Mazda wanted to save weight everywhere...the FD is an amazing driving machine and we are very lucky to be able to won one...